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TIL Near human-like levels of consciousness have been observed in the African gray parrot

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PLWE TIL The U.S. is the world’s only industrialized nation that taxes citizens who live overseas, even if their income is generated in a foreign country and they never return to America.
BrQD TIL One gallon (4 liters) of gasoline has about 31 million calories.
YpaPZ TIL after being thrown from his horse, jockey Ralph Neves was pronounced dead, brought to the morgue, injected with adrenaline to the heart, jumped up, returned to the racetrack, and demanded to be allowed to ride the rest of his mounts that day.
xVP0o TIL: Sleeping less than the recommended eight hours a night is associated with intrusive, repetitive thoughts like those seen in anxiety or depression
PYNde TIL Quentin Tarantino said in 2010 that had never met his father, Tony Tarantino, who had wanted to be an actor and claims he was blacklisted in the 1960s. Said Quentin: "He wanted to be an actor [...] Now he's an actor only because he has my last name"